Welcome to the Minnesota SharePoint User Group March 14 th, 2007 Windows SharePoint Services V3 – Deep Dive Wes Preston

Agenda Quick Intro Administration Break Configuration Q&A and Giveaway

User Group Goal / Objectives Develop and support a local community focused on Microsoft SharePoint Technologies Educate user group members about SharePoint Technologies Transfer knowledge within the community Communicate best practices Introduce new products / solutions

Introductions – MNSPUG Sponsors Inetium ( Twin Cites based Microsoft consulting company Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Practice Area focused on Information Worker Technologies New Horizons – Minnesota ( Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Training on many technologies Microsoft ( I’m guessing you’ve heard of them

Website for user group SharePoint resource documents SharePoint resource websites links RSS Feeds Meeting Schedule Past User Group Presentations

Upcoming Schedule Next Meeting April 11 th 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office Topics: TBD Ongoing Schedule 2 nd Wednesday of every month 9:00 to 11:30 am Microsoft’s Bloomington Office

CRM User Group Meeting Wednesday, March 21, :30 – 9:00 Registration 9:00 – 11:00 Presentation 11:00 – 11:30 Q&A and Networking Microsoft’s Bloomington Office (here) Click to attend

Twin Cities MPA Meeting – Using Microsoft Office Project 2007 Friday, March 16, :30 AM – 4:30 PM Microsoft’s Bloomington Office (here) For more information:

Previous Meetings SharePoint 2007 Overview: – May 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation provides an overview of a number of the key features and capabilities that SharePoint 2007 provides. Group Presentations/May 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/May 2006 MNSPUG.ppt Document Management / Records Management: June 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation covers how documents and records are managed using SharePoint. This presentation also covers SharePoint Content Types. Group Presentations/June 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/June 2006 MNSPUG.ppt Workflow: July 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation covers how workflow and digital forms work in SharePoint Group Presentations/July 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/July 2006 MNSPUG.ppt Business Intelligence: August 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation covers many of the new features of SharePoint 2007 that are used to address Business Intelligence including Dashboard sites, Key Performance Indicator (KPI) lists, Excel Services and the filter web parts. Group Presentations/August 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/August 2006 MNSPUG.ppt Web Content Management: September 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation focuses on the web content management features of SharePoint 2007 that allow end users to publish their own web content (ex: articles). Group Presentations/September 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/September 2006 MNSPUG.ppt Search, Business Data Catalog (BDC), and the Knowledge Network: October 2006 MNSPUG Presentation – This presentation focuses on the search capabilities of SharePoint 2007 including leveraging the Business Data Catalog. Group Presentations/October 2006 MNSPUG.ppthttp://sharepointmn.inetium.com/User Group Presentations/October 2006 MNSPUG.ppt

Conferences SharePoint Connections – March – Orlando, FL Advisor Summit – May 6-10 Anaheim, CA Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference - May 9-11 – Seattle, WA Tech Ed – June Orlando, FL PDC – October Los Angeles, CA SharePoint Connections – Fall – Las Vegas, NV

Administration

Checking the current version Usage Analysis Security Managed Paths Administration

Current Version Administration

Usage Analysis Not enabled by default Must be enabled in Central Administration Administration

Security – Anonymous Access Anonymous access not enabled by default Must be enabled in Central Administration before enabling at site Administration

Back in the Site Collection…

Anonymous Access – List Settings When not inheriting permissions from the site: Administration

Managed Paths Reserved URL namespaces Managed in Central Administration – per Web Application Explicit Inclusion – Single, Specific site URL will be extended when sub sites are created Wildcard Inclusion – Site collections under the same path Effective method of grouping sites by genre (/projects/, etc) Excluded Paths (v2) – No longer necessary Administration

Managed Paths Administration

Configuration

Site Columns Content Types Navigation Tree view Quick launch Top Links Lists (calculated fields, lookups) Views (Gant, calendar views) Surveys – new features Configuration

Site Columns Reusable metadata column for lists and libraries Centrally managed at the site collection Can be the same types as normal columns Examples: Divisions Locations Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Site Columns Configuration

Content Types Reusable pieces of content (list items / documents) Centrally managed at the site collection Can be associated with a list/library “New” dropdown on a list/library Can have custom metadata (site columns) Examples: Proposal Memo Configuration

Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Configuration Content Types

Navigation Huge improvements over V2 Quick launch Manageable Can turn off! Tree view Quick and easy navigation Top Links Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration Tree View Shows all lists and libraries you have access to Shows Sub Sites You can not manage what shows up here!

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Navigation Configuration

Lists Configuration Lookups Calculated Fields (don’t forget to use SharePoint Help)

Views Configuration Fields Sorting Filtering Grouping

Surveys Configuration Branching Create questions Add branching logic after questions are completed Page Separator Add page separator ‘questions’ to the list and change the order of questions to place as needed If using branching, separators help make the survey look more consistent

Break

Resources Microsoft’s SharePoint Products and Technologies site – Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog – Joel Oleson’s SharePoint Land - The Inetium Blog Server – – SharePoint blogs listed under IW Meeting Resources

Resources ‘Fab 40’ WSS 3.0 Application Templates – 78C1363F127D&displaylang=en 78C1363F127D&displaylang=en Best Practices Analyzer – 778efda07df8&displaylang=en 778efda07df8&displaylang=en Meeting Resources

Q & A

Give Away

Thanks for coming!